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(NoModeL) L. P. JEANNE.

DIAMOND SETTING FOR EAR RINGS, &c. No. 262.785. Patented Aug.15, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEON P. JEANNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DlAMOND-SETTING FOR EAR-RINGS, aw.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,785, dated August15, 1882.

Application filed June 17, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON P. JEANNE, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Diamond-Setting for Ear-Ringsand other Jewelry, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improveddiamondsetting made of platinum and having the external appearance of agold setting.

A further object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedear-ring fastener which brings the jewel close to the ear-lobe.

The invention consists in adiamond-setting made of platinum and havinggold coverings on the outer sides or surfaces of the cramps, whereby thebright platinum sides will reflect the light on the stone and thesetting will have the appearance of a gold setting.

The invention further consists in providing one of the cramps of astone-setting with a transverse aperture, through which a loop is passedwhich is secured to an ear-wire, whereby the stone will be held close tothe ear-lobe.

Reference is to be had to the drawings formin g part of thisspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of an ear-ring provided with my improveddiamond-setting and with my improved ear-ring fastening. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a longitudinal sectional elevationof one of the cramps of the diamond-setting.

The diamond-settin g A is made of platinum, and each cramp B is providedon its outer surface with a covering, 0, of gold,which extends to nearthe outer end of the cramp, and is made tapering-that is, this covering0 of gold increases in thickness from its outer end to its base end, asshown in Figs. 2 and 3.

I am aware that gold cramps have been provided with platinum tips butthat differs greatly from my invention. If the cramps are made of gold,the light will not be reflected on the stone, whereas if they are madeof platinum, as I make them, the bright polished sides of the cramps,will reflect the light upon the diamond, thereby materially enhancingthe beauty (No model.)

of the same. As the cramps have an outer covering of gold, they willhave the appearance of gold cramps and at the same time enhance thebeauty of the stone, which a gold cramp cannot do. The upper ends of theplatinum cramps, which are bent over the stone, are not covered withgold, so that the gold will not show on the facets of the stone.

This setting is to be used for ear-rings or other jewelry. One of thecramps B is provided with a transverse aperture, D, through which aloop, E, is passed which is attached to a bow or ear-wire, F, wherebythe stone will be held very close to the ear-wire and to the lobe of theear. A swinging catch or hook, G, is pivoted to the end of the lowershank of the ear-wire F, behind the setting. If the earwire is to bepassed through the aperture in the lobe of the ear, the catch or hook Gis swung down and the shanks of the ear-wire are separated sufficientlyto pass the upper shank through the aperture in the lobe of the ear, andthen the hook or catch G- is raised and passed over the end of thisupper shank to lock it. With this construction it is not necessary toseparate the shanks of the ear-wire as far as it" the hook or catch Gwere fixed.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A diamond-settin g made, substantially as herein shown and described,of platinum, with a gold covering on the outer surfaces or sides of thecramps, as set forth.

2. The combination, with a diamond-setting made of platinum, of taperinggold coverings on the outer surfaces or sides of the cramps,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

3. The combination,with a diamond-setting provided with a transverseaperture in one cramp, of a loop passed through this aperture, and of anear-wire to which this loop is attached, substantially as herein shownand described, and for the purpose set forth.

LEON P. JEANNE.

Witnesses OSCAR F. GUNZ, Enw. M. CLARK.

